Overlooking helicopter deck at USS Wallace L Lind (DD-703) underway in Guantanamo Bay during DesRon 2 ASW (anti-submarine warfare) exercises. Winch seen in the background. SH-3A helicopter in flight far off port quarter. Curved wake of USS Lind. Part of helicopter deck in the foreground. S-2E aircraft on fly-by with MAD boom extended past USS Lind. It flies towards flare burning on water. SH-3A hovers in the background while dipping sonar. S-2E making approach low over water on fly-by, MAD boom extended.
United States Army Air Defense battalion radar trucks on Southern Atlantic coast during Cold War. SAM (surface to air) missiles on transporters. Barbed wire erected by United States soldiers on beaches. Marines disembarking from transport plane at Guantanamo. Women and children evacuated from Guantanamo and they board ocean liner ship. United States troops wave goodbye. American college football game between Northwestern and Ohio State. Seattle fair closes with view of ferris wheel. A San Francisco shop selling elephants and a girl walks beside a young baby elephant that is wearing a white bow on its neck. President John F. Kennedy boarding plane. President talks with Andrei Gromyko, Minister of Foreign Affairs for Soviet Union. Low altitude reconnaissance photos in which Russian Beagle bombers and missiles are shown in Cuba during Cuban Missile Crisis.
Population worldwide shown waiting for news about the Cuban Missile Crisis. Press announcement that President Kennedy has received message from Nikita Khrushchev, Secretary of Communist Party of the Soviet Union, saying that Russia will dismantle missile sites in Cuba. Views of various ships in United States fleet. Band playing at port as wives return to Guantanamo and the celebration goes on. View of a small church and citizens entering the church. Americans going to work. Reconnaissance photos showing missiles dismantled, and showing shadow of the photographing aircraft, itself. Soviet ships carrying missiles out of Cuba. Americans walking on town streets.
A huge demonstration outside the National Capitol Building in Havana, Cuba. Demonstration in front of the National Capitol Building (Paseo de Marti, La Havana) to protest United States raids, possibly after the Bay of Pigs. The Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana (458 Paseo de MartÃ, La Habana 10600, Cuba) can be seen in the background. Demonstrators holding banners in Spanish, including, "Abajo Traidores" (Down with Traitors) and "Fidel Luchamemos Hasta la Muerte" (Fidel, Let's Fight Until Death). A presidential helicopter lands on the street near demonstrators. Huge demonstration. Fidel Castro, wearing sunglasses, mingles with the crowd. Cuban flag waves during demonstration. Passionate demonstrator speaks. Fidel Castro speaks to huge crowd in demonstration, condemning raids by the United States.
Monuments in the city of Havana, Cuba. View of the Havana skyline. The exteriors of the National Capitol Building (66 Cienfuegos, La Habana 10200, Cuba). The dome of the building. The exteriors of the Havana telephone exchange building. The USS Maine monument in the University of Havana. The Hotel National of Havana (Calle 21 y O, Vedado, Plaza La Habana, 10400, Cuba) in the background. The exteriors of the Presidential Palace in Havana. The Morro Castle at Havana Bay.
Bay of Pigs invasion to overthrow the government of Fidel Castro in Cuba, by armed Cuban exiles. Soldiers march on both sides of road check for any activity of exile guerrillas. A tank moves in jungle. Soldier talks about a clash with guerrillas. Infantrymen march on roads. A map of Cuba shows invasion lines of exile guerrillas.
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